Gaffer Neil McCann saved Dundee six years ago and he can do it again, says Cammy Kerr

Neil McCann came out of retirement to help Dundee six years ago (Image: SNS)

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Cammy Kerr will never forget Neil McCann ditching retirement to help Dundee beat the drop – and reckons he has instilled that same survival spirit after swapping the TV studio for dugout.

Back in February 2011, McCann headed a last-gasp winner to sink First Division leaders Raith 2-1 and help the Dark Blues on their way to defying the odds and staying up despite a 25-point deduction for going into administration.

Kerr was a starry-eyed teenager dreaming of making the breakthrough with his boyhood idols when he watched McCann pull the boots back on.

And now the interim manager is playing a leading role again as the Dens men aim for a third consecutive league win against Ross County today.

Dundee have hauled themselves away from the play-off zone thanks to back-to-back victories over Motherwell and Kilmarnock and full-back Kerr can’t speak highly enough of former Sky pundit McCann for the way he has lifted morale at Dens.

Kerr said: “I was sitting in the stand that day with the rest of the Under-19 squad. It was just before I turned full-time.

“It was a special goal, a really great moment. It’s one of the memories that sticks out growing up around the club.